disqualified hero

Before the arrival of July, Osamu Dazai received another phone call from Taneda Shantou. Since he half-heartedly accepted the invitation from the chief, the contact between the two has gradually increased. The planning of the Supernatural Secret Service Division is said to be coming to an end, but there is a big difference in the allocation of personnel resources. What can be discussed is that not everyone in the government is willing to accept it falling from the sky. Since the post-war era, the government has been unable to reach a unified management of people with different abilities. When criminal activities with different abilities occur, no one is willing to deal with them. When the war is in full swing, one by one can't wait to search for people with special abilities to make them shine.

"It's really nerve-wracking." Dazai said, "Mr. Taneda said that everything was built and only one leader was missing, but in the end he gave me an empty air, no one wanted money, no money, no resources, no resources, different abilities. Both of them have to be seconded from brother organizations, but what to do."

Gengtian has long been used to it. Dazai talks and sings at the same time as the opera, which is still a classical opera. He always thinks that he is listening to "Noh opera". Jin Chunliu's Anming's speech tone is not as good as his.

Zhongtian said: "Mr. Dazai guessed it a long time ago. It's meaningless to talk about it now. When you have time to complain, it's better to think about where to ask for money and resources." He won a general, and his mood was always relaxed. Those on the boat, not to mention speaking as Dazai-kun is more popular than me as an old man."

The Tsushima family has always firmly held the seats in the parliament, and there are banks and other industries in the local area. The diehard old people like the direct descendants of the family, and Osamu Dazai is just right regardless of his age and background.

Osamu Dazai was noncommittal, and Naneda didn't continue talking. Smart people talk to smart people, that's all.When it came to money, the conversation between the two gradually shifted, and they talked about the means of making money. "The quickest thing is to go around the casino, and the black money will be turned into a white account." Farming has been in contact with many things, and he is also handy when talking about money laundering that touches the edge of the law. "I heard that the ship will sail into the Tsugaru Strait and stop at Aomori Port , Many people bring all their belongings just to exchange for a boat ticket, this summer the Japanese Sea should be very lively.”

"Where is the stop?" Osamu Dazai answered the conversation politely, "Is it still Russia?"

"Maybe." Zhong Tian said, "Last year it stopped at Dongfang Port, and this year it's not bad at Zarubino Port. Anyway, the ship will come back before August, maybe it will stop at Yokohama Port." He sighed and said, "Social People from all walks of life will not give up boarding."

What they are talking about is a ship, a "ghost ship" that shuttles between the Sea of ​​Japan and the high seas of the world. The title of "ghost" is not because it disappeared mysteriously for several years and was discovered again, let alone Maria. Sheresta was also missing. It was not made of wood, so it did not have sails and masts facing the wind, and the strings of dark green seaweed were never hung on the statue of the Madonna on the bow.In terms of appearance, this ghost ship can be regarded as one of the greatest and most gorgeous cruise ships in the 21st century, like the Titanic a hundred years ago, and the total tonnage of the Precious, which was produced by Saint-Nazaire in 2013, is less than half of his total tonnage.Its maximum capacity exceeds 8000 passengers, but it only supplies 5000 tickets to the outside world all year round. The mysterious manager said: "Reducing the number of people can provide better services, and it can also send tickets to the most honorable people."

Many legends revolve around the ship, saying that there is the most luxurious casino in the world, and there is a grand auction, you can buy everything you want, including life, and the abilities of rare supernatural beings emerge in endlessly, Osamu Dazai has heard of it The famous and rare healing power user can restore a person who is still alive. As long as her patient is not afflicted by disease, there may be more powerful power users in the world who don't even care about mortal diseases.

"The ship itself has no name, and there are too many legends." Osamu Dazai said, "Someone told me that when it sails, the sea will fog up, and the magnetic field around the ship will become chaotic, so that neither the radar nor the compass will fail. , only the system of the ghost ship is intact, and the person who boarded the ship cannot disembark during the voyage, and unless by chance other ships cannot find his trace on the high seas."

"Because it is too mysterious to be named as a ghost ship, it is also the first in the world."

Taneda sighed and said: "Yes." He said, "I have a few old friends who boarded a ship from Russia and are about to return to Japan. No one dared to board a ghost ship before. You know people who are old are cautious and cherish their lives. , This year, some people really couldn’t bear it anymore and wanted to get something off the ship, claiming to be able to buy everything, only one ship dared to say.”

Osamu Dazai said: "Let's see what feedback they have. If it's good, I'll take myself on the ship when it arrives in Japan. When I return to Japan in half a month, I'll have all the money."

Taneda Santou smiled with a lip-smacking smile, did he listen to Dazai's words and say something else.

……

He drank half a cup of coffee at the farm, and the old man drank tea. He doesn’t like coffee and is always in good spirits. He doesn’t need weird drinks to refresh himself. Osamu Dazai drinks coffee, but he enjoys sex, and the instant coffee in the farm is not good. , could not attract Osamu Dazai, so he stopped drinking after taking a sip.

After discussing the work of the day, he went home.The nature of Osamu Dazai's work has changed, but he has not changed his place of residence. The law and order near Dongda University is good. The teachers and students in the school hide dragons and crouching tigers. , The two buildings and one-household buildings next to Osamu Dazai are all allocated to university professors. One Dazai once listened to his general education class, and now he saw it when he opened the door, and he could still bow his head and smile in greeting.

Shuji Tsushima had already gone out before he went out. After returning from Yokohama, the relationship between the two became weird. The short-lived rapprochement had long been thrown to Java, and the children frequently wandered around Tokyo, visiting museums and art galleries. A few days ago, I heard from my neighbor next door that I saw him at the University of Tokyo. It is rare to see an auditor as young as Shuji Tsushima. Some old professors and doctoral students were shocked when they saw him, just because he had the same face as Dazai Osamu.

"Sato-kun made a joke because of it." Professor Haruo next door told Osamu Dazai, "Satou-kun has been promoted to a professor, and that day he was speaking about naturalistic literature in the early twentieth century. A child appeared in class, and Sato-kun reluctantly attended. Keep him after the class, ask him seriously if he offended the mafia organization, ate APTX4869, and was forced to become a child."

At that time, there happened to be other professors present, who also knew about the poison in Detective Conan, and I heard Professor Haruo talk about the origin of Shuji Tsushima, and after hearing Professor Sato's question, I laughed so hard.

"Oh." Dazai Osamu smiled subtly, "I really didn't expect Sato-senpai to be so imaginative. So in his mind, I would offend the image of the Mafia?"

Sato was his junior in college. Dazai was Xiaodouding when he was in college, but his seniority was quite high. A group of juniors would bow their heads and say hello when they saw him wandering around the campus. Sato was his junior. He was slightly talented. Has now graduated as a lecturer with a Ph.D.

After hearing this, Professor Haruo didn't deny it completely: "At that time, our professor discussed it, saying that he didn't know what job Dazai-kun would do in the future. I think there must be similar doubts among the students."

Osamu Dazai asked, "What are the alternatives?"

"Politicians, writers, and scholars are all among them. In comparison, there are more people who think that Dazai-kun will be in politics or freelance." He said, "It's a pity that you can't be a member of parliament with your eloquence."

"Thanks for the compliment."

After chatting with the neighbors for a few words, they separated. Dazai went home, took paper, pen and letters, and went to the coffee shop downstairs to write a reply. He told Mr. O that he likes to write works while smelling delicious coffee. There are pleasing girls around, and it is hard to say that Oda Sakunosuke has not been influenced by Dazai in choosing a place to write letters.

The waitress in the coffee shop has a very poetic name, Yuanliu. Her appearance is not as good as her name. She is more cute than beautiful. It is a common appearance of Japanese women. Yuanliu is a part-time student from the Women's University next door. Occasionally, I will exchange views on literary works with Dazai.

"Here we go again, Mr. Dazai." Yuanliu served him coffee, "Do you want to write a letter?"

"No." Dazai said, "It's not just a letter, but a short story."

"Short story?" Yuanliu became interested, "Fantasy story?"

"Yes, it should be said to be a realistic story." Dazai said, "After all, it will happen in real life."

"Hey——" she said, "Are you going to submit a manuscript, Mr. Dazai, and finally you are ready to give up your idle detective life and make a living out of writing?" Dazai had previously talked to her about his profession, saying that he was a "self-proclaimed detective."

"No." Dazai said, "This story is absolutely not for submission, just keep it for yourself." He said, "But the story is almost over, and it is finishing. The main task of coming to the store today is to write a letter. .”

Yuanliu knows that Mr. Dazai attaches great importance to communication. He can't help but make fun of the waitresses on weekdays. Even when he is dealing with detective work, he doesn't forget to fight with cute female college students. He only writes letters. When he writes letters, people will be immersed. Among them, the words became less.

It seems that all the emotions are melted into the thin paper.

He unfolded the snow-white letter paper. Mr. O was as realistic as ever. He didn't express his inner feelings, but only talked about what happened recently.

/ This time the job was a bit difficult, the employer did not give detailed information, and many colleagues suffered from insufficient information and returned home. I stayed in N City for three days and made no progress. I plan to go back and use the reasoning method taught by Mr. After combing through the known information, a loophole was found.Sherlock Holmes also said, "Once you have ruled out all the impossible facts, what remains, no matter how incredible, is the truth of the facts." This experience is a true embodiment of the above words. /

Dazai couldn't help laughing after reading this passage, he didn't know the reason for his laughing, maybe he was amused by the content of O's letter, but he obviously didn't write comedy jokes.

Dazai thought, his own smile is really strange.

The following story is also like flowing water, gentle and quiet, without too many waves. To be honest, Osamu Dazai heaved a sigh of relief. He remembered the first two letters he wrote. After the postman took away the letters, he rarely regretted it. emotions, wanting to chase them back desperately, he wasn't sure if O could touch his soul from words, feel his collapse on the brink, Osamu Dazai didn't like people touching him too much, but he couldn't bear it then He is about to collapse, and if he can't find a place to vent, he will also go crazy.

And he couldn't leave his madness to Shuji Tsushima.

So far he can somewhat sense O's keenness. On the contrary, just as he devotes himself to writing letters, O is also carefully maintaining this rare friendship. God cut the single strand of rope.

— Then there is really no connection.

Because of the fear of the broken rope, both of them were deaf-mute and cowards, and neither dared to overstep.

[No, I take my words back. ] Osamu Dazai finished reading the letter, to be precise, he was reading the last paragraph, the smile that was on his lips a second ago has withdrawn, his thin lips are drawn into a line, and there is no smile on his face, [He crosses the that line. ]

For some reason, a funny picture emerged in my mind. Two matchstick kids were standing on the single-plank bridge, each holding a rope on one side. I don’t know what happened. It may be a hurricane blowing by, or it may be submerged by a raging river. The single-plank bridge, in short, the rope is about to break, and the stickman on one side is about to fall, but the other person suddenly breaks the two irrelevant rules, stretches out his hand, and grabs the one that is about to fall.

The imagination still didn't bring him a good mood.

/ I have always maintained a tacit agreement with Mr. D, never trying to disturb another person in real life, I know it is best for you to never see me, as long as it is text, it will always be text, It's completely different from turning into musical notes. I can guess one or two of Mr. D's thoughts, but I'm sorry, I really don't want to go any further. I'm eager, eager to see you, please agree to my request.

Please let's meet. /

So Osamu Dazai understood that O did not live up to his keen intuition, peeling off the layers of fog to see the chaotic will that he did not want to convey but had to convey.

Dazai stared at the last two lines, please make no mistake, he was not flustered, let alone at a loss, O's unfeeling request was beyond his expectation, but Dazai had the initiative to accept it or not, he just Simply expressing surprise, because in D's mind, O is a young man who is quite aware of current affairs. He is like a small animal that grows in nature. .

He fell into a long silence.

……

"The ghost ship is back." When the unique ship in the world set off from the port of Russia, the whole world focused on the cruise ship. As for the desperadoes are concerned.

"Do you know who is on board?" Taneda Shantouhuo felt that the atmosphere in the police department was not right, so he also asked someone he trusted.

"I heard that the former superintendent is on board."

"Predecessor?"

"It's the one lingering on the hospital bed." The acquaintance said, "Someone wants to extend his life and restore his will."

"Impossible." Zhongtian said, "His brain is dead, only his body is alive, in the final analysis, he is just lingering on his last breath, and his life is maintained by intubation.

"This is just one of them." The intelligence network of acquaintances extends in all directions, and there is no secret to hide from him. "There are people from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but they are not the most important."

"What is the most important thing."

"Have you heard the rumors?"

A light flashed in Taneda Shantouhuo's eyes, but he didn't say anything extra.

"It depends on what the rumors are." He said.

"What else?" The acquaintance said sophisticatedly, "The legend of the origin of the supernatural being."

"Ah." Zhongtian stopped pretending to be stupid, he said, "I've heard a little bit."

"They are all urban legends, which have been passed down from generation to generation. It's hard to say whether the source is credible." Zhong Tian first cast a mysterious color on the legends, "There is a supernatural person, they say it is the original supernatural person I don’t think so, but Murasaki Shikibu is one of the few and the first group of female supernatural powers in Japanese history, and there were no books in the era when she lived.” He joked, “You can’t say that people in the era of Prince Shotoku Take your book."

"In short, getting back to the topic, there is a famous person with supernatural powers who appeared very early. His supernatural powers are very powerful and can interfere with reality. Some people say that after his death, neither the body nor the soul remained, and the body spontaneously ignited without wind. A book emerges from the ashes, and later generations say that what is written in the book can be turned into reality."

"This is a legend in Japan." An acquaintance said, "Other countries will change according to national conditions. For example, in countries where Catholicism is prevalent, it is said that Jehovah holds a book. Regardless of the source of the legend, the result is that there is a book that can change reality. The myth of each country It's still there."

"Yes."

"The book appeared on the ghost ship." A bomb was dropped suddenly.

"What?" Zhongtian didn't respond.

"Rumors say that the book is on the boat, and the person who bids the highest at the auction will get it." The acquaintance shrugged, "Don't ask me, I only know the rumor, and I don't even know where it came from. It's too deep, and a lot of people go for it anyway."

Zhong Tian took a deep breath: "I, I have to think about it."

"Then you have to hurry up." The acquaintance said, "The ship will leave in a few days."

……

On the first weekend of July, Sakunosuke Oda received a letter from Mr. D.

To be honest, he was already prepared to be severely rejected. With Mr. D's usual personality, it was difficult to agree to his sudden request.In order to obtain letters first-hand, he reported to his uncle's curry shop every day, which made the bold Kyushu man complain: "Now I really don't know whether you came to me to win letters or to eat curry."

"Both," Oda Sakunosuke said. "Recently, waiting for letters is more important."

Day after day he ate spicy curry and waited day after day. When the boss took out the snow-white envelope from under the table, Oda felt terrified. Let the sweaty letter paper in the palm of your hand unfold the square paper with anxiety.

[Dear Mr. O, Sincerely]